First Steps

The decision not to pursue the Nairobi relocation, while emotionally sound and rooted in his deep love for his grandmother, had absurdly sharpened Amani's focus.

The coastal fortress, their new home in Mombasa, had to be defended. There would be no retreat.

This realization, born from Halima's gentle wisdom and his own burgeoning [Guardian's Instinct] (a trait the system had recently flagged as 'developing'), began to transform his simmering anxiety into a colder, more analytical resolve.

The two-week deadline for the system mission, [Coastal Fortress - Neutralize Jumaane's Immediate Threat], still loomed large, but it no longer felt like an insurmountable countdown to despair.

Instead, it was becoming a timeline for action, a period within which he had to make tangible progress.